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The New Orleans Tribune inaugual issue, 1864

“It would be hard to name a more accomplished individual than Dr. Louis Charles Roudanez, a Louisiana Creole whose courage and achievements have secured him a permanent berth in both civil-rights and publishing history.” —From “Memorial Dedication Honoring Louis Charles Roudanez,” published by LA Creole

“Roudanez’s first issue criticized the existence of Black Codes in the United States. It also posted the Proceedings of the National Brotherhood Association that was held in St. James Church (A.M.E.). The newspaper was bilingual with editions in French and English. Throughout that first year, The Tribune featured reports such as the Official Report on the Freedmen, articles on the continuing war effort, and the arrival of guns that were captured by brave Black Union troops. It also published presidential proclamations, advertisements announcing marriages, a Republican coffeehouse, school books, second-hand furniture, and a medical physician. In 1864, it reported that the mule-drawn street cars would be integrated. Other articles railed against the slave labor system in Louisiana.” —From “Celebrating Dr. Louis Charles Roudanez” in The New Orleans Tribune

“Those who ran the Tribune championed a bold agenda during a time when even the most radical abolitionists were hesitant to call for suffrage. The Tribune not only demanded voting rights for both free and freed blacks, but the paper demanded that blacks be allowed to serve on juries and called for integration of schools, restaurants, and theatres. The Tribune also called for the ownership of plantations to be transferred to ex-slaves and low wage workers who toiled in their fields.” —From “Roudanez, Louis C.” in encyclopedia.jrank.org